Marketing News: Dragon joins Bebo founder in the hunt for Britain’s Smartest Businesses

News Release from: MarketingUK
28/11/2009
Smarta 100 , Deborah Meaden,Michael Birch ,Sahar Hashemi , Sháá Wasmund,Theo Paphitis

TV Dragon Deborah Meaden, Bebo Founder Michael Birch and business advice site Smarta.com have joined forces in a nationwide search for the UK's smartest businesses. Scaling the length and breadth of the country, the Smarta 100 inaugural listing will discover and celebrate super smart small businesses that are traditionally overlooked.


Smarta and their panel of top entrepreneurs (which also includes Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins, Coffee Republic founder Sahar Hashemi and Smarta founder Sháá Wasmund) are looking for businesses doing something unique or disruptive, innovating in traditional industries, using efficient and ethical operating practices or making a special contribution to their community.

The Smarta 100 will be interviewed and showcased on Smarta.com (which already features over 700 videos of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs) so that other businesses can be inspired by and learn from their experiences.

Smarta supporter Deborah Meaden said: “Discovering great new businesses is a passion of mine as is encouraging businesses to think and work better.  The Smarta 100 does both of these things – and celebrates the best of British business at the same time.”

The criteria are simple – businesses must be privately owned, trading in the UK and employ fewer than 50 people. From November 25^th, Smarta will be inviting entries from “smart” British businesses. The Smarta 100 will be announced in February 2010 when an exclusive event will be held for the final list. Go to www.smarta.com/smarta100 to learn more.

About Smarta.com

The brain-child of entrepreneur Sháá Wasmund, Smarta.com is a free online business resource for small business owners. Supported by renowned entrepreneurs Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden and Michael Birch, Smarta.com provides advice and business tools as wells as a space where business owners can network and support each other. Smarta has more than 1,000 guides, case studies and video interviews in which leading UK entrepreneurs share their experience and knowledge.  Visit www.smarta.com to learn more